Effects of Guinea Grass ( Panicum Maximum ) and Jackfruit Leaves ( Artocarpus Heterophyllus ) Silage Mixtures on Growth Performance, Linear Body Measurements, Carcass Characteristics, and Organ Weights of West African Dwarf Goats

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Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat yield of Boer goats fed diets containing leaves or whole parts of Andrographis paniculata. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 27(4), 503–510. Table 1. Effect of guinea grass and jackfruit leaves silages on growth performance of WAD goats PARAMETERS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 MEAN TFI (kg) 17.09± 0.39 17.97 ± 1.78 19.09±0.81 21.84±2.53 17.600±1.12 18.66 WFI (kg) 1.42±0.07 1.50±0.14 1.59±0.67 1.79±0.07 1.46±093 1.57 DFI (kg/day) 0.20±0.01 0.21±0.02 0.22±0.01 0.26±0.01 0.21±0.01 0.23 IBW (kg) 5.75±0.23 5.53±0.34 5.6±0.24 5.75±0.24 5.54±0.33 5.64 FBW (kg) 6.39±0.06b 6.83±0.34b 6.79±0.05b 8.03±0.28a 7.02±0.37ab 7.01 TBWG (kg) 0.63±0.17c 1.30±0.00bc 1.16±0.29bc 2.28±0.07a 1.50±0.00b 1.37 ADWG (g/day) 7.54±1.98c 15.48±0.00bc 13.77±3.44bc 27.18±0.86a 17.86±0.00b 16.36 FCR(g/day) 33.70±12.75 13.83±1.37 18.93±5.21 9.43±0.82 11.74±0.75 17.52 a,b,c, Means bearing different superscripts along the same row are significantly different. (P< 0.05); GG = Guinea grass; JFL = Jack Fruit Leaves; TFI= Total Feed Intake; WFI= Weekly Intake; DFI= Daily Feed Intake; IBW= Initial Body Weight; FBW= Final Body Weight; TBWG= Total Body Weight Gain; FCR= Feed Conversion Ratio and ADWG= Average Daily Weight Gain; T1- 100% GG; T2- 75% GG + 25% JFL; T3- 50% GG + 50% JFL; T4- 25% GG + 75% JFL and T5- 100% JFL. Table 2 Effect of guinea grass and Jackfruit leaves silages on body measurements of WAD goats PARAMETERS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 MEAN IWH (m) 0.38±0.00a 0.35±0.00a 0.38±0.0ab 0.35±0.00b 0.37±0.01ab 0.37 FWH (m) 0.44±0.00a 0.40±0.00b 0.43±0.01ab 0.40±0.01b 0.43±0.0ab 0.42 IBL (m) 0.45±0.00c 0.40±0.00d 0.50±0.01b 0.53±0.01a 0.50±0.01b 0.50 FBL(m) 0.50±0.00b 0.45±0.00c 0.55±0.01a 0.58±0.001a 0.54±0.00a 0.52 IHL(m) 0.12±0.00c 0.13±0.01c 0.16±0.00a 0.14±0.00ab 0.14±0.00a 0.14 FHL (m) 0.12±0.00c 0.13±0.01bc 0.16±0.00a 0.14±0.00ab 0.14±0.00b 0.14 INL (m) 0.08±0.00 0.08±0.00 0.08±0.00 0.08±0.00 0.08±0.00 0.08 FNL (m) 0.100±0.00c 0.13±0.00a 0.11±0.01bc 0.13±0.01ab 0.12±0.00ab 0.12 IRL (m) 0.42±0.01a 0.40±0.00b 0.40±0.00b 0.35±0.00c 0.40±0.00b 0.40 FRL (m) 0.45±0.42a 0.42±0.00b 0.40±0.00b 0.38±0.00c 0.42±0.00b 0.42 IAL (m) 0.18±0.00b 0.15±0.00b 0.15±0.01b 0.17±0.01b 0.27±0.01a 0.19 FAL (m) 0.18±0.00b 0.15±0.00b 0.15±0.01b 0.18±0.01b 0.28±0.02a 0.19 IHG (m) 0.03±0.00b 0.30±0.00b 0.05±0.02b 0.13±0.00a 0.11±0.00a 0.07 FHG (m) 0.03±0.00b 0.03±0.00b 0.05±0.02b 0.12±0.00a 0.11±0.00a 0.07 IEL (m) 0.09±0.00a 0.04±0.00b 0.03±0.00bc 0.02±0.00c 0.04±0.01b 0.05 FEL (m) 0.09±0.00a 0.04±0.00b 0.03±0.00bc 0.03±0.00c 0.04±0.00b 0.05 ITL (m) 0.12±0.02 0.12±0.00 0.13±0.00 12±0.00 0.07±0.03 0.11 FTL (m) 0.14±0.01a 0.12±0.00a 0.13±0.00a 0.13±0.00a 0.12±0.00b 0.12 IHL (m) 0.01±0.00 0.01±0.00 0.02±0.00 0.01±0.00 0.02±0.00 0.02 FHL (m) 0.02±0.00 0.03±0.00 0.03±0.00 0.03±0.00 0.30±0.00 0.03 a,b,c, Means bearing different superscripts along the same row are significantly different (P< 0.05); GG = Guinea grass; JFL = Jack Fruit Leaves; IWL= Initial Wither Length; FWL= Final Wither Length; IBL= Initial Body Length; FBL= Final Body Length; IHL= Initial Head Length; FHL= Final Head Length; INL= Initial Neck Length; FNL= Final Neck Length; IRL= Initial Rump Length; FRL= Final Rump Length; IAL= Initial Abdominal Length; FAL= Final Abdominal Length; IHG= Initial Heart Girth; FHG= Final Heart Girth; IEL= Initial Ear Length; FEL= Final Ear Length; ITL= Initial Tail Length; FTL- final Tail Length; IHL= Initial Horn Length and FHL= Final Horn Length; T1- 100% GG; T2- 75% GG + 25% JFL; T3- 50% GG + 50% JFL; T4- 25% GG + 75% JFL and T5- 100% JFL. Table 3 Effect of guinea grass and jackfruit leaves silages on internal organs and some weights of cut parts of WAD goats Parameters T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 MEAN Carcass (kg) 3.40±0.06b 3.34±0.03b 3.35±0.03b 4.35±0.15a 3.14±0.03b 3.52 Head (kg) 0.60±0.01c 0.70±0.01a 0.62±0.02c 0.64±0.01ab 0.64±0.01bc 0.65 Neck (kg) 0.21±0.00bc 0.22±0.00abc 0.18±0.02c 0.26±0.01a 0.23±0.01ab 0.22 Rump (kg) 0.27±0.01b 0.29±0.01ab 0.27±0.01b 0.37±0.01a 0.30±0.01ab 0.30 Thigh (kg) 0.54±0.01b 0.54±0.01b 0.56±0.02b 0.78±0.07a 0.51±0.02b 0.59 Shank (kg) 0.23±0.00ab 0.24±0.00ab 0.23±0.00b 0.26±0.01a 0.21±0.00b 0.24 Liver (kg) 0.12±0.00b 0.12±0.01b 0.120.00b 0.16±0.02a 0.15±0.00ab 0.13 Heart (kg) 0.04±0.00b 0.04±0.00b 0.04±0.00ab 0.06±0.01a 0.04±0.00b 0.04 Lungs (kg) 0.14±0.001 0.12±0.01 0.13±0.00 0.13±0.00 0.11±0.01 0.13 Kidney (kg) 0.12±0.00b 0.12±0.00ab 0.14±0.01ab 0.14±0.01a 0.12±0.00b 0.13 Scrotum (kg) 0.11±0.01ab 0.10±0.00b 0.10±0.00b 0.14±0.02a 0.09±0.00b 0.11 Gall Bladder (kg) 0.01±0.00b 0.01±0.00c 0.01±0.00c 0.01±0.00a 0.01±0.00a 0.01 Bile Duct. (kg) 0.003±0.00 0.03±0.00 0.003±0.00 0.003±0.00 0.003±0.00 0.003 GIT with Contents. (kg) 1.63±0.01c 1.68±0.00c 2.16±0.01b 2.62±0.12a 2.23±0.04b 2.06 Spleen (kg) 0.02±0.00 0.2±0.00 0.02±0.00 0.03±0.00 0.02±0.00 0.02 a,b,c, Means bearing different superscripts along the same row are significantly different. (P< 0.05); GG = Guinea grass; JFL = Jack Fruit Leaves; T1- 100% GG; T2- 75% GG + 25% JFL; T3- 50% GG + 50% JFL; T4- 25% GG + 75% JFL and T5- 100% JFL.